Cops: Delaware Water Gap man wanted after child porn found on computer

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Nov 20, 2012 at 4:50 PMNov 20, 2012 at 4:52 PM

Authorities are looking for a Delaware Water Gap man on whose computer child pornography allegedly was found last week. Detectives with the Monroe County District Attorney's Office said James Vincent Lamb, 54, is aware of the allegations and that he may have fled the area to avoid arrest.

Authorities are looking for a Delaware Water Gap man on whose computer child pornography allegedly was found last week.

Detectives with the Monroe County District Attorney's Office said James Vincent Lamb, 54, is aware of the allegations and that he may have fled the area to avoid arrest.

An affidavit gives the following account:

Lamb owned and had exclusive use of a Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop computer.

His wife on Nov. 13 used the laptop, intending to review his computer usage, and found photos of children, some as young as 8, engaged in prohibited sexual acts. Lamb's wife contacted and brought the laptop to county detectives, who obtained a search warrant and found 86 photos and one video showing child porn.

The files were contained within several different directories, including the Yahoo! Instant Messenger PhotoSharing cache, and the “Pictures” folder for the default and public users.

The PhotoSharing cache is a folder created automatically by the Yahoo! Instant Messenger software upon receiving a picture sent by another user through that software. Detectives found several photos in the PhotoSharing and “Pictures” folders on Lamb's computer, indicating he had received the photos from another Yahoo! Instant Messenger user and then intentionally saved them to his “Pictures” folders.

Photos of Lamb himself were in the same “Pictures” directories, apparently having been placed there at the same time as the child porn photos.

Anyone knowing Lamb's whereabouts is asked to call Detective Brian Webbe at 570-517-3114, submit a tip on http://monroecountyda.com or contact the local police department.